On April 8th, the FCC will begin its inquiry into its Broadband Expansion Plan. The FCC, the NTIA and USDA are set to oversee the $7.2 billion allocated by the economic stimulus package for broadband expansion. Currently, the United States ranks 17th in worldwide broadband penetration.

I had the honor of addressing the VitecGroup Technology Forum last night and Ted Schilowitz treated me to an up close and personal demonstration of the Red Digital Cinema camera. If you are not familiar with the product, just for fun, go to red.com and see what people are doing with it. It is so rare for a piece of technology to completely change a production paradigm, you just have to see it for yourself.